pls spec me £400

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xirokx

xirokx

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Hi,

Spec me up pls guys, budget is £400...

pc will be used for auto cad and general surfing...no overclocking...

I would like 2g ram...

I have the keyboard, mouse and 21" monitor already...

Thanks
 
This is about as good as I can do for the budget.

Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.66GHz (533FSB) - Retail £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £45.99
(£54.04) £45.99
(£54.04)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.99
(£22.31) £18.99
(£22.31)
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99
(£50.51)
Sub Total : £331.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
Vat : £59.83
Total : £401.72
 
AMDternative...
  • GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £129.99
  • NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
  • AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £54.99
  • Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £42.99
  • Samsung SpinPoint P SP1654N 160GB ATA-133 8MB Cache - OEM £34.99
  • Asus M2NPV-MX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £44.99
  • Sub Total : £327.94
  • Shipping : £9.95
  • Vat : £59.13
  • Total : £397.02
:D
 
VeNT said:
how much would he have to spend to get c2d?
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An additional £50 or so to change from what I specified, for the uses it probably isn't necessary, if there is any more space in the budget I'd be tempted to go for a proper graphics card rather than onboard.
 
As it happens I'm looking to build a system for around the same price point for my brother. I came up with two similar solutions to the above. He wants to do some basic gaming on it as well as media encoding and general web use etc, so I have gone for 1gb memory instead of 2 and instead gone for a 7600GS gfx card, and a bigger hard drive.

What would be the best choice between a Pentium D 805 and a AMD 64 3500+ for the uses specified? Could they be overclocked at this price point or will it need a better mobo/PSU etc?

Sorry for the hijack :o
 
If you are going to be using more than one program at a time or if the program is coded for multi-cored systems then the dual core would be best but the A64 would probably beat it in a straight single cored application. If you can overclock then the P4 805 has been known to get to 4ghz but it is far from guaranteed.

Both will allow a little lee-way in overclocking terms as it is a decent enough PSU but mATX motherboards are never particularly great for overclocking. If you are buying a standalone graphics card then that gives you more choice in terms of motherboards but then you are also loading the PSU more so you are probably limiting your overclocking options in that way. Simple answer is to try it and see. :)
 
OK thanks. I'll see which way he wants to go. I've advised him the A64 would probably be a bit better for games and the Pentium D would be better for some stuff like media encoding. And was looking at full ATX motherboards without integrated graphics :)
 
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